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The most foundational of the set of the famous Five Teachings of Maitreya, the Discourse Literature is considered the wellspring of what the Tibetans call

cultural domain of Golok. Michael’s research interests include Buddhist philosophy of mind, practices of contemplation, and the history of thought and science

Uttaratantra in Relation to the Other Works of Maitreya Canti, John. "On the Uttaratantra in Relation to the Other Works of Maitreya." Conversations on Buddha-Nature

Regional English in the Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is presently Senior Scientist Emeritus. Dr. Zwilling has published research

the same mode of emptiness (i.e., the absence of an independent existence), some followers of gzhan stong claim that the ultimate nature of mind and its

the prose parts of RGVV were ascribed to Maitreya. So far, no attribution of the authorship of RGVV to Asaṅga has been found in Indian works.       As Kano

declaration of the Buddha after he reached enlightenment, Geshe explains that the three sets of teachings of wheels of dharma are three phases of the Buddha's

empty only of independent existence? Does the treatise teach ultimate nature of mind according to the Cittamātra or the Madhyamaka School of Mahāyāna? By

Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-Pham (mi pham rgya mtsho)." PhD Diss, University of Virginia, 2005.;Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence

Diss, University of Virginia, 2005.;Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-pham;Nyingma;The doctrine of buddha-nature in

Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-Pham (mi pham rgya mtsho)." PhD Diss, University of Virginia, 2005.;Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence

Indian texts, (2) provide a sketch of the transmission of the five works of Maitreya from India to Tibet and the beginning of a Tibetan gzhan stong tradition

Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-Pham (mi pham rgya mtsho)." PhD Diss, University of Virginia, 2005.;Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence

texts, and doctrines of Geluk mahāmudrā and translations of some of its seminal texts. It begins with a survey of the Indian sources of the teaching and goes

to be explored in the works of various Tibetan authors of different traditions and periods. One important Tibetan interpretation of TG that has been ignored

      Karl Brunnhölzl is one of the most prolific translators of Tibetan texts into English and has worked on all of the Five Treatises of Maitreya. He was originally

xliii–xliv), although it is obvious that the authors of this text were fully aware of the earlier scripture of (almost) the same title and purposely referred

that includes an account of the twelve great events of the buddha and the detailed explanation of the three turnings of the wheel of dharma and written down

Çāntideva, etc. Each of these is followed by a list of the works composed by the teacher in question. An indication of the volumes of the Tangyur (Sūtra

text and the English translation on facing pages. The student of The Gateway to Knowledge can begin to comprehend the meaning of the major works on Buddhist

Japanese with English Summary.] Mikkyō Bunka [Journal of Esoteric Buddhism] 238 (2017): 7–27.;Critical Edition of the Sanskrit Text of the Munimatālaṃkāra

Analysis of Longchenpa's Writings on Buddha Nature." Produced by the University of Oxford's Faculty of Oriental Studies October 2, 2023. University of Oxford

      Karl Brunnhölzl is one of the most prolific translators of Tibetan texts into English and has worked on all of the Five Treatises of Maitreya. He was originally

experience of spiritual insight and grace which any one of them may describe and elucidate. Some of these expediences are of highest value, some of less value

conventional has no independent existence apart from the ultimate and that the latter is a condition of possibility of the former. As an advocate of apratiṣṭhāna

a synonym of the term "anātman" (non-existence of a substantial self), which indicates that in the realm of suffering and the impermanence of life phenomena

text on the nature of reality. The author, Dol-bo-ba Shay-rap-gyel-tsen was one of the most influential figures of that dynamic period of doctrinal formulation

This translation and study of Chapter Ten of Asanga's Mahayanasamgraha, one of the foundational documents of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism, presents

Music of the Sphere of Definitive Meaning: Detailed Explanation of the Mahamudra Prayer in Accordance with the Philosophy of the Great Emptiness-of-Other

for the acquisition of meditative insight. After surveying a variety of textual sources for the study of the Karmapa’s life and works, this book shows how

Department of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, New Delhi, 235–50. Bombay: Nachiketa Publications, 1976.;On the Problem of the Relation of Spiritual

a reinvigoration of the monastic Vinaya. Widely regarded as an emanation of Mañjuśrī, Tsongkhapa composed eighteen volumes of works of which the majority

Exegesis of Ornament of Realization called the Ornament of Essence by Gyaltsab Darma Rinchen and the writings of Tsongkhapa, including Golden Rosary of Elegant

Emeritus of Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis. He was a Fellow of the United Board of Xian Higher

deprecates the comparative value of the veneration of the buddhas. As an illustration of the power of the text, there follows a story of a past buddha, Sadāpramutkaraśmi

on to the idea of some sort of independent abiding entity or eternal identity, that is, the linghun, which is in effect the equivalent of the brahmanical

that of a Divine Helper of men, of individual immortality and growth in the likeness of God, of the importance of faith in God to produce good works and

systematical catalogue of works, authors and translators of all the literature contained in the Kanjur and Tanjur collections. The first part is of an overwhelming

Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-Pham (mi pham rgya mtsho)." PhD Diss, University of Virginia, 2005.;Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence

conventional has no independent existence apart from the ultimate and that the latter is a condition of possibility of the former. As an advocate of apratiṣṭhāna

expanded glossary that incorporates equivalent English terms of present-day teachers and translators of Dzogchen. (Source: Back Cover) Barron, Richard

influence of Asanga and Vasubandhu. The Sūtra of the Unveiling of the Profound Meaning emphasizes the role of consciousness in the genesis of illusion and

Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-Pham (mi pham rgya mtsho)." PhD Diss, University of Virginia, 2005.;Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence

that of a Divine Helper of men, of individual immortality and growth in the likeness of God, of the importance of faith in God to produce good works and

The author of Awakening of Faith merged buddha-nature theory with the Yogācāra doctrine of ālayavijñāna, which attempts to explain the nature of ignorance

      Karl Brunnhölzl is one of the most prolific translators of Tibetan texts into English and has worked on all of the Five Treatises of Maitreya. He was originally

Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-Pham (mi pham rgya mtsho)." PhD Diss, University of Virginia, 2005.;Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence

text and the English translation on facing pages. The student of The Gateway to Knowledge can begin to comprehend the meaning of the major works on Buddhist

Nature. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991. Kramer, Ralf. The Great Tibetan Translator: Life and Works of rNgog Blo ldan shes rab (1059–1109)

It is the sphere of the personally experienced wisdom of the noble ones, the attainment of the realization of suchness by the wisdom of the noble ones,

are other examples of imprecision: (d) The relationship between the two parts of the statement in each of the four kinds of faith (of which the three were

Indian texts, (2) provide a sketch of the transmission of the five works of Maitreya from India to Tibet and the beginning of a Tibetan gzhan stong tradition

Studies was one of the earliest introductions of Zen Buddhism to English readers and gave a decidedly Yogācāra presentation of the Mahāyāna and of tathāgatagarbha

experience of spiritual insight and grace which any one of them may describe and elucidate. Some of these expediences are of highest value, some of less value

way than the idea of all-pervasiveness of the Dao. A historical, doctrinal investigation of the intellectual formation of the concept of buddha-nature in

king of Śambhala and an emanation of Vajrapāṇi, in the Dhānyakaṭaka stūpa, a notable center of Mahāyāna in the vicinity of the present-day village of Amarāvatī

the works of Maitreya, particularly the Ratnagotravibhāga, and the practical instructions of Mahāmudrā. Kyotön Mönlam Tsultrim One of a series of short

(Garland of Flowers: A Catalogue to Rong-zom's Collected Works), and prepared a detailed catalogue of Rongzom-pa's three-volume collected works.3 In his

deity of the absolute true nature." Echoes of this point of view will be found in the works of Dölpopa.       The texts translated in part 2 of this book

experience of spiritual insight and grace which any one of them may describe and elucidate. Some of these expediences are of highest value, some of less value

reality of the cessation of suffering." However, it is not that the reality of the cessation of suffering is explained by virtue of the destruction of any